Easton Mayor Is Union Buster

The Morning Call's March 30 editorial supporting Mayor Thomas Goldsmith's privatization plan for the Easton water and sewer plants is filled with creative fact-finding and little else.

It implied that the plan will save taxpayers money. Wrong, because there is no plan to lower their bills, but there is a plan to spend more money in other areas of city government. Excuses given to justify privatization all are related to management errors, not to the conduct of union workers.

Local 447's vote to approve a side agreement to its contract was a temporary solution made by a narrow margin of just a few votes. It should not be misread to imply support for the administration. We remain committed to good government and to ending union busting, which remains the true aim of the Goldsmith administration.

Far from saving money, the true reason for privatization by Mayor Tom Goldsmith is to break the city union. He looks down upon working people and is unable to deal with us on a fair basis. The Morning Call's bias in favor of union busters is nothing new to workers throughout the Lehigh Valley.